welcome to the management and mis department

The management concentration allows ample flexibility, from an individual career viewpoint,
for students to obtain foundation knowledge and skills that are suitable for operating
a small business or advancing into a wide variety of middle and upper level management
positions within corporations and not-for-profit organizations. The concentration
also helps students prepare for graduate study in business and law. By highlighting
successful organizational processes and practices, this concentration helps students
understand a wide variety of managerial concerns as well as analytical and administrative
techniques commonly used to address them.

The MIS concentration helps to prepare students for positions that support and satisfy
organizations’ information needs, through design and development of information systems
for use in managerial monitoring and decision making processes. Emphasis is placed
on the role of a “business systems analyst” who develops information system specifications
and works closely with computer programmers to make appropriate use of computers in
business. The focus is on processing transactions and using information linked to
administrative systems. Topics within operations management are highlighted.

The concentration in international business is designed to provide students with a
global perspective. The program of study has three parts. Students must first complete
the Business Administration Requirements. The second block of 18 credits comprises
the specialization in international business. Students must select four distinct prefixes
from a selection of business courses. For the third block, students must demonstrate
proficiency in a world language at the second-year college level. There is also a
6-credit cognate in cultural studies selected with the approval of an adviser. Cognate
courses would be drawn from the departments of anthropology, art, interdisciplinary
studies, political science, geography, history, world languages, or literature and
would serve as a cultural exposure to a foreign country or region. Although optional,
students in this program are encouraged to attend one summer school session in a foreign
country. A semester abroad would be even better preparation for a career in international
business.